Croydon London Borough Council election, 1998

Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1] For the first time in a local election two polling stations were situated in supermarkets.^[2]

Before the election the council had been seen as a top target for the Conservatives who only needed a small swing of 2 percent to take control.^[3] The Labour party had taken control of the council for the first time in the council's history in the previous election in 1994.^[4] The removal of mounted patrols from parks and an increase in nursery places were seen as important issues in the election.^[5] Both main parties concentrated on trying to get their vote out and were targeting several key wards.^[4]

Election result

Croydon Local Election Result 1998^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	38			-2	54.3
	Conservative	31			+1	44.3
	Liberal Democrat	1			+1	1.4

Ward results

Addiscombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Ashburton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Beulah (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Coulsdon East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Fairfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Fieldway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Kenley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Monks Orchard (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

New Addington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Norbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Purley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Rylands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Sanderstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Selsdon (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

South Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Spring Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Thornton Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Upper Norwood (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Waddon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

West Thornton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Whitehorse Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Woodside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

↑ Riddell, Peter (1998-05-09). "Apathy the winner in struggle between new and old Labour". The Times. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Travis, Alan (1998-05-08). "London leans to independent mayor improving life in the capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
↑ "Labour's first big test approaches". BBC Online. 1998-05-03. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
1 2 Ward, Lucy (1998-05-04). "When sofa apathy is party enemy No.1, it's all down to swinging the key wards Local elections: In Croydon both sides are concentrating on where they hope it will do most good. Lucy Ward reports". The Guardian. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard. 1998-05-06. p. 19. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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